Bag including an adjustment system

Abstract

A bag with a compartment including one or more walls, a front panel, and a back panel opposite the front panel, each of the one or more walls, and the front and back panels surrounding an interior volume, wherein the front panel is movable between an open configuration, and a closed configuration, the front panel extending from a bottom end of the compartment to a top end of the compartment opposite the bottom end, and extending between a first side of the compartment and a second side of the compartment opposite the first side. An adjustment system with a base is disposed within the compartment. A first strap extending from a first end is attached at or near a roof of the compartment to a second end opposite the first end. A second strap is routed through the back panel, the second strap configured to act on the first strap.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A bag, comprising: 
 a compartment including one or more walls, a front panel, and a back panel opposite the front panel, each of the one or more walls, front panel, and back panel surrounding an interior volume, wherein the front panel is movable between an open configuration that enables access to the interior volume, and a closed configuration that inhibits access to the interior volume, the front panel extending from a bottom end of the compartment to a top end of the compartment opposite the bottom end, and extending between a first side of the compartment and a second side of the compartment opposite the first side; and   an adjustment system including: 
 a base disposed centrally within the compartment;  
 a first strap extending from a first end attached at or near a roof of the compartment to a second end opposite the first end; and  
 a second strap routed through the back panel, wherein the second strap is configured to act on the first strap. 
   
     
     
         2 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the base is comprised of both a flexible material and a semi-rigid material. 
     
     
         3 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the back panel includes a first slit and a second slit, wherein the second strap extends through each of the first slit and the second slit from the compartment to the back panel. 
     
     
         4 . The bag of  claim 3 , wherein the bag further comprises: 
 a first band attached to and extending from the back panel;    a first ring coupled to the first band;    a second band attached to and extending from the back panel; and    a second ring coupled to the second band.   
     
     
         5 . The bag of  claim 4 , wherein the second strap extends through the first ring on the first band forming a first substrap, and the second strap extends through the second ring on the second band forming a second substrap, the second strap extending continuously from the first band, through the first slit and the second slit, to the second band. 
     
     
         6 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the second strap further includes a tab, the tab extending away from the second strap towards the roof of the compartment. 
     
     
         7 . The bag of  claim 6 , wherein the adjustment system further includes a coupler, the coupler coupled with the second end of the first strap and the tab of the second strap. 
     
     
         8 . The bag of  claim 7 , wherein the second strap is configured to be pulled by a user of the bag, and wherein when pulled, the tab of the second strap is configured to pull on the first strap via the coupler, thereby to push the base against a back of the user of the bag. 
     
     
         9 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the second strap is in communication with the interior volume and external portions of the bag. 
     
     
         10 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the bag is configured to transition between an engaged configuration and a relaxed configuration, wherein in the engaged configuration the second strap is configured to pull the shoulders of a user of the bag into a splayed position, and in the relaxed configuration the second strap is configured to allow the shoulders of the user to relax. 
     
     
         11 . A bag, comprising: 
 a compartment including one or more walls, a roof, a front panel, and a back panel opposite the front panel each surrounding an interior volume; a first band attached to the back panel; a second band attached to the back panel; and an adjustment system including:     a base disposed within the interior volume of the compartment; a first strap extending from a first end attached at or near the roof of the compartment to a second end opposite the first end; a second strap routed through the back panel and the interior volume of the compartment, the second strap communicably coupling the first band and the second band, wherein the second strap includes a tab extending away from the second strap to the roof of the compartment; and a coupler coupled with the second end of the first strap and the tab of the second strap, wherein the second strap is configured to pull the first strap vertically downward away from the roof via the coupler.     
     
     
         12 . The bag of  claim 11 , wherein the first band includes a first ring and the second band includes a second ring, the second strap extending through the first ring to form a first substrap and the second strap extending through the second ring to form a second substrap. 
     
     
         13 . The bag of  claim 12 , wherein when either of the first substrap or the second substrap are pulled by a user of the bag, the first band and the second band are configured to pull back on shoulders of the user into a splayed position. 
     
     
         14 . The bag of  claim 13 , wherein the base is configured to push against a back of the user to support the back of the user. 
     
     
         15 . The bag of  claim 12 , wherein each of the first substrap and the second substrap are configured to reach a length of between 2 inches and 12 inches. 
     
     
         16 . The bag of  claim 11 , wherein the base is comprised of a flexible material as well as a semi-rigid material. 
     
     
         17 . A bag, comprising: 
 a compartment including one or more walls, a roof, a front panel, and a back panel opposite the front panel, each of the one or more walls, the roof, the front panel, and the back panel surrounding an interior volume; a first band attached to the back panel; a second band attached to the back panel; and    an adjustment system including:     a base comprised of flexible material as well as a semi-rigid material;    a first strap extending from a first end attached at or near the roof of the compartment to    a second end opposite the first end; and a second strap routed from the first band to the second band through the interior volume of the compartment, the second strap configured to transition the bag between an engaged position and a relaxed position, wherein the second strap is configured to act on the first strap in the engaged position.     
     
     
         18 . The bag of  claim 17 , wherein the second strap includes a tab extending away from the second strap toward the roof of the compartment. 
     
     
         19 . The bag of  claim 18 , wherein the adjustment system further includes a coupler, the coupler coupled to the second end of the first strap and the tab of the second strap. 
     
     
         20 . The bag of  claim 19 , wherein in the engaged position the second strap is pulled taught to pull the first strap via the coupler and the first strap pulls the roof of the compartment to pull the first band and the second band into an engaged position splaying shoulders of a user of the bag.